Please look at the screenshots: bing vs google. All results on the first page from google contain the exact search phrase. No results on the first page from Bing do that. Note also the number of hits: 7.2M (bing) vs 37k (google).
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Denis GolomazovSep 16 '11 at 5:59

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The market parameter is optional. If the parameter is not specified, the API will attempts to determine an applicable market through the use of logic such as the IP address of the request, cookies. and other elements.

Compare two results for the same query using different market option values: en-US vs ru-RU. Each result on the first page of the answer for the en-US market contains the exact query string, while for ru-RU no result does.

I see, they search, but seem not to return any results containing the exact phrase. Please look at the screenshots in the comment above. I checked the settings and found no unusual ones.
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Denis GolomazovSep 16 '11 at 6:02

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Have you tried the "Advanced" link in the search results? (I doubt that will change anything, but you can try.) What country are you in, and language settings? In US-en it is returning results for me that match the exact phrase you used. The next step may be speaking with bing support directly?
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MufasaSep 16 '11 at 14:22

Mufasa, thank you for the response. I sorted it out and posted the answer. Language settings are the key.
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Denis GolomazovSep 21 '11 at 12:46

The only way that the Bing API returns the same results for an exact phrase is to put another double quotes in the query (in REST invokes it seems that is not needed to escape the quotes). I tried first this URL:

Links that need a username and password do not offer help. Please post screenshots or just the actual search queries that anyone could type into the services to see result set.
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Bradley A. TetreaultOct 7 '12 at 20:40

As far as I have been able to tell over the YEARS, Bing has never worked using quotation marks. Still does not. Always bothered me. One of the main reasons I go back to Google when Bing fails me.
If relevant, I use Firefox.
My post is as of today's date of August 5, 2014 CE.

This contradicts what the other answers say. Do you have a reference?
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jonsca♦Aug 5 '14 at 20:55

Firefox + Bing returned 4,000 odd hits for me just now and eight with the exact phrase on the first page.
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pnutsAug 6 '14 at 9:29

My thoughts exactly. I cannot get Bing quotes to work for exact phrases, except for maybe the first couple of results on page one. I've tried various browser versions, different IP addresses, to no avail. Google works properly for exact phrases, Bing does not.
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Brain2000Jan 13 at 17:19